Blackboard

Here are some Blackboard workshop ideas. Feel free to add more.

Outline for Workshop:

1. Give out handout.
2. Give presentation from student’s point of view, step by step (students will not have the laptops for them to follow me, they will watch me)
3. Show how to log into Portal
4. Log into Blackboard
5. Log into the class
6. Features, design, layout
7. Announcements
8. Using the Discussion Board

• What are a forum and a thread?
• Posting
• Replying

9. Sending an email

• Instructors
• Individual students
• All users
• Adding an attachment

10. Test taking

• Different location and style of test depending on teacher
• Show how to save a test and open it back up to continue
• Have a good environment-use Mozilla and a high speed connection

11. Submitting an assignment

• Submitting via the assignment manager
  • Save it and come back to it
  • Attach a file
• Using the digital dropbox
  • Difference between Add File and Send File
  • Send a file to the instructor
  • How to attach the file

12. Say some of the FAQ's and answer them

• I can't log in. What's the problem?
  • Problems with correct username and password
• Who do I contact if I have a problem?
  • Andy, Donna, Christopher
  • Presidium
• I saved a discussion board post or an assignment, where is it and how do I get back to it?

13. 10-15 minutes for questions


Using the Discussion Board

• Posting
• Replying
• Rating
• Subscribing

Sending E-mail

• All users
• Students
• Instructors
• Individuals

Test taking procedures

• Best Practices
• Environment by browser and connection

FAQ

• I can't log in. What's the problem?
• How do I get to my Blackboard class?
• Where are my assignments?
• Where is the discussion board and how do I use it?
• Where is my __? (blank because students oftentimes can't find what they are looking for)
• How do I attach a file to my assignment and/or email?
• I saved a discussion board post or an assignment, where is it and how do I get back to it?